Agriculture and Business: Inheritance Tax
Commons · Question 89425 · Tabled 11 Nov 2025 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of reforms to (a) Agricultural Property Relief and (b) Business Property Relief on trends in the number of farm closures.
Answer
Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 19 Nov 2025
The Government believes its reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief from 6 April 2026 get the balance right between supporting farms and businesses, and fixing the public finances. The reforms reduce the inheritance tax advant...